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Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is preparing to hear the verdict Friday in his latest trial on extremism charges. The prosecution has demanded a 20-year prison sentence, and the politician himself said he expects to receive a lengthy term. If the court finds Navalny guilty, it would be his fifth criminal conviction, all of…
A man went on a “stabbing rampage” near a South Korean subway station, police said Thursday, with as many as 10 people reported wounded two weeks after a similar attack killed one person. The attack took place near the Seohyeon subway station in Bundang, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Seoul, an official at…
Labor unions marched across Nigeria on Wednesday to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president, with calls for the government to improve social welfare interventions to reduce hardship. The unions, made up of government workers, said the economic incentives announced this week by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to ease…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday offered to hold talks with India to address all serious and outstanding issues as he said that “war is not an option” for both countries as they fight poverty and unemployment. Sharif made the remarks while addressing the inaugural session of the Pakistan Minerals Summit here. The meeting,…
A small plane towing a banner landed in the ocean off a crowded New Hampshire beach on Saturday, and lifeguards rescued the pilot, who was unhurt, authorities said. The single-engine Piper PA-18 plane landed about noon off Hampton Beach, witnesses said. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the pilot was the only…
China is asking its recent graduates to gain experience in a teaching environment and seek an adventure far from home. The graduating class of 2023 has been given the option to work in impoverished rural areas, the Guardian said. What do they get in return? Job security. But they also have to work for long…
Malaysia may not go through with a plan to take legal action against Facebook parent Meta Platforms following ”positive” engagement with the firm on tackling harmful content on the social media platform, communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said in an interview on Friday. Last month, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it would take…
The US is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force intelligence officer testified Wednesday to Congress. The Pentagon has denied his claims. Retired Maj. David Grusch’s highly anticipated testimony before a House Oversight subcommittee was Congress’ latest foray into the world of UAPs — or “unidentified…
A burning crane collapsed and crashed to the ground in New York City on Wednesday in the Hell’s Kitchen area injuring two people. Dramatic video footage captured the crane collapsing and smoke billowing into the sky. People speaking to news outlet The Mirror said it sounded like an “explosion”. A building nearby caught fire and…
Syeda Lulu Minhaj Zaidi, a Hyderabad woman, who went to the US to pursue a master’s degree was seen on a street in Chicago on the brink of starvation. A spokesperson for the Telangana-based party, Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), Amjed Ullah Khan, shed light on the problems Syeda was facing. Khan shared a video of…